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All the online subscriptions are available at home except Ancestry and Newsbank.

To search Oxford Reference Online (ORO)

  1. click on the ORO link
  2. in the box for library card login type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
  3. click on Login or Go

To search Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)

  1. click on the ODNB link
  2. in the top right hand corner click on subscribers enter here
  3. type D and the first 8 digits from your library card

To search the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online

  1. click on the OED link
  2. click on the enter OED online icon

To search Oxford dictionaries of music or art online

  1. click on the Oxford music link or click on the Oxford art link
  2. go to the library barcode user login
  3. type D and the first 8 digits from your library card

To search Kompass

  1. click on the Kompass link
  2. in the login box type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
  3. click on Go

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Ask a question and your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian that is on duty from anywhere in the country. And when UK libraries are closed your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian in the USA.

website: www.questionpoint.org

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Library news

Temporary closure of Beeston Library
Beeston Library will be closed from Monday 1st March and will re-open on Monday 22nd March to install self-service facilities and to make general improvements to the layout of the library.

Temporary closure of Arnold Library
Arnold Library will be closed from Monday 8th March and will re-open on Monday 19th April to install self-service facilities and to make general improvements to the layout of the library.

Temporary closure of Newark Library
Newark Library will be closed from Monday 8th March 2010 and will re-open on Monday 29th March to install self service facilities and to make general improvements to the layout of the library.

Temporary closure of Mansfield Woodhouse Library
Mansfield Woodhouse Library will be closed from Wednesday 17th March 2010 and will re-open on Thursday 8th April to install self service facilities and to make general improvements to the layout of the library.

Temporary closure of Hucknall Library
Hucknall Library will be closed from Monday 5th April 2010 and will re-open on Monday 17th May to install self service facilities and to make general improvements to the layout of the library.

Temporary closure of West Bridgford Library
West Bridgford Library will be closed from Monday 5th April 2010 and will re-open on Monday 26th April to install self service facilities and to make general improvements to the layout of the library.

Call 0845 330 4435 to renew your library items.

Events

Storyfest Nottinghamshire - a festival of story events for everyone throughout March 2010. Find out more about Storyfest [PDF 218KB]

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